Clifton Powell (March 16, 1956) is an American actor, producer, and director best known for Ray (2004), Rush Hour (1998), and Deep Rising (1998). He is also known for voicing Big Smoke in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
He is married to Kimberly Powell and they have two children.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1984: Alphabet City as Ramon
- 1990: House Party as Sharane's Brother
- 1990: Heat Wave as Rioter 1
- 1992: Deep Cover as Leland
- 1992: 3 Ninjas as FBI Agent Kurl
- 1993: Conflict Of Interest as Det. Oakes
- 1993: Menace II Society as Chauncy
- 1994: Green Dolphin Beat as Armstrong
- 1994: Nowhere To Hid as Braddock
- 1995: Divas as Bobby
- 1995: Dead Presidents as Cutty
- 1996: Riot as Steve
- 1997: First Time Felon as King (uncredited)
- 1998: Phantoms as Gen. Leland Copperfield
- 1998: Deep Rising as Mason
- 1998: Caught Up as Herbert/Frank Lowden
- 1998: The Pentagon Wars as Sgt. Benjamin Dalton
- 1998: Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Lawrence Roberts
- 1998: Rush Hour as Luke
- 1999: The Breaks as Cosmo
- 1999: Foolish as Everette Washington
- 1999: Having Our Say The Delany Sisters First 100 Years as Frazier Johnson
- 1999: No Tomorrow as Styles
- 2000: Next Friday as Pinky
- 2002: Friday After Next as Pinky
- 2000: Hot Boyz as Saint
- 2000: A Private Affair as Isaiah
- 2000: Lockdown as Malachi Young
- 2001: The Brothers as Fred Smith
- 2001: Bones as Jeremiah Peet
- 2002: Civil Brand as Warden Alan Deese
- 2003: Crime Partners as Kenyatta
- 2003: Love Chronicles as Thomas
- 2003: Tapped Out as Det. Blackman
- 2004: Never Die Alone as Moon
- 2004: Women Thou Art Loosed as Reggie
- 2004: Ray as Jeff Brown
- 2004: Roscoes House Of Chicken N Waffles as Mo Fro
- 2004: Sugar Valentine as Joshua Valentine
- 2004: Da Block Party as Action Jackson
- 2008: Block Party Madness as Action Jackson
- 2004: He Say She Say But What Does GOD Say as Satin Jones
- 2005: Rhythm City Volume One Caught Up as Big Man
- 2005: White Men Cant Rap as DaRon
- 2005: Golden Empire as Old School (also producer)
- 2005: Brothers In Arms as Doc
- 2005: The Fabric Of A Man as Blair
- 2005: The Gospel as Bishop Fred Taylor
- 2005: Knights Of The South Bronx as Cokey
- 2006: Confessions as Chauncey
- 2006: Who Made The Potatoe Salad as Mr. Jenkins
- 2006: Faceless as Langdon Fox
- 2006: It Aint Easy as Fish
- 2007: Norbit as Earl Latimore
- 2007: Gangsta Rap The Glockumentary as Tommy Guns
- 2007: Young Cesar as Ali Dean
- 2007: Father Of Lies as Bishop Calvin Jacobs
- 2008: First Sunday as Officer Eddie King
- 2008: R And B Chick as Benjamin
- 2008: Show Stoppers as Coach
- 2008: Street Kings as Sgt. Green
- 2008: Love For Sale as Cinque
- 2008: The Rimshop as Joe Joe's Father
- 2008: Internet Dating as Leroy 'The Pimp'
- 2008: American Dream as Old Skool
- 2008: Jazz In The Diamond District as Blair Morgan
- 2008: Jada as Terrance
- 2009: Man Of Her Dreams as Sen. Marcus Gordon (also director)
- 2009: Theres A Stranger In My House as Mr. John Moore (also director)
- 2009: God Send Me A Man as Bishop
- 2009: Steppin The Movie as Det. Lewis
- 2009: Vicious Circle as Freddy
- 2009: Just Another Day as Bowman
- 2009: Before I Self Destruct as Sean
- 2009: Busted as Leroy
- 2009: Contradictions Of The Heart as Damien
- 2010: Preacher's Kid as Ike
- 2010: Let God Be The Judge as Gabriel
- 2010: When The Lights Go Out as Freddy
- 2010: Heaven Aint Hard To Find as Big Bill Herod
- 2010: Trapped Haitian Nights as Mike
- 2010: Vigilante The Hayward Brown Story as Henry Brown
- 2010: Chain Letter as Coach
- 2010: Love Me Or Leave Me as Cecil
- 2010: Something Like A Business as Sexy Silk
- 2011: The Ideal Husband as Daniel
- 2011: Street Kings 2 Motor City as Det. Tyrone Fowler
- 2011: Thirty Five And Ticking as Zane
- 2011: Shes Not Our Sister as Rev. Beckley
- 2011: The Perfect Gift as Michael Sr.
- 2011: Hes Mine Not Yours as Walter
- 2011: The Saints Of Mt Christopher as Donald Ray Williams
- 2011: Twenty Third Psalm Redemption as Lester Wayne
- 2012: Dead Money as Leon
- 2012: The Marriage Chronicles as Robert McDaniel
- 2012: Nicki A Hip Hop Love Story as Mr. Jamison (also producer)
- 2012: Not To Self as Coach Gerald Woodson
- 2012: Cmon Man as Rooselvelt Steele
- 2012: Interludes as Blake
- 2012: Somebodys Child as Dr. Sperry
- 2012: The House Of Malik as Uncle Kyle (also producer)
- 2012: The Undershepherd as Deacon Roberts
- 2012: One Blood as Winston
- 2013: Toolbox Murders 2 as Det. S. Jackson
- 2013: They Die By Dawn as Deputy Sheriff
- 2013: Forbidden Woman as Randall Trace
- 2013: The Dempsey Sisters as Theo Dempsey
- 2013: Shake as Red
- 2013: Mutumbo The Lost Prince as Oscar
- 2014: Blood Ransom as Det. Hobbs
- 2014: Ninety Nine North as Uncle P
- 2015: Fear Files as Det. Owen Marsh
- 2015: A Baby For Christmas as Gavin
- 2015: Love Wont Let Me Wait as Bishop Buckworth
- 2016: The North Star as Mr. Lee (also producer)
- 2016: A Weekend With The Family as Dingo Stankershet
- 2016: Guns And Grams as Mr. Marshall
- 2016: Banger as Chief Crans
- 2016: Where Hearts Lie as Carl
- 2016: Hunting Season as Thomas Curry
- 2016: Flowers Movie as Mr. Waldell
- 2016: Merry Ex Mas as Pastor Jordan
- 2016: King Of Newark as Juice
- 2017: Mountain Top as Larry Fletcher
- 2017: The Preachers Son as Bishop T.K. Wilson
- 2018: The Choir Director as Bishop T.K. Wilson
- 2017: Bishop as Marvin
- 2017: Misguided Behavior as Capt. Rogers
- 2017: Love By Chance as Donald
- 2017: The Hills 2017 as Capt. Pearson
- 2017: All Eyez on Me as Floyd
- 2018: Fade Away 2018 as Eazy
- 2018: Easy Money as Mr. Miller
- 2018: Couples Night as Rich (also producer)
- 2018: Dogstar High School 2 as Dogstar Highschool
- 2018: Sinners Wanted as One Eye
- 2018: A Talent For Trouble as Mr. Wellington
- 2018: Film/{{5K1}} as Barry
- 2018: Worth as Tony
- 2018: Fatimas Revenge as Lt. Earl Garrison
- 2018: Juug Gone Wrong as Mr. Johnson
- 2018: Sliders as Mr. Miller
- 2018: Gangland The Musical as Pastor Earl
- 2019: Prodigal as Censear
- 2019: Sins Of The Father 2019 as Kevin
- 2019: I Got The Hook Up 2 as Tony Smooth
- 2019: Diamond In The Rough as Pastor Davis
- 2019: The Lick Movie as Richard Jacobson
- 2019: Let Go And Let God as Donald
- 2019: The Probe as Commissioner Davis
- 2020: The Available Wife as Mitchell
- 2020: Guns And Grams as Mr. Marshall
- 2021: Saints And Sinners Judgement Day as Rex
- 2021: Fruits Of The Heart as Marcus
- 2021: The House Next Door Meet The Blacks 2 as Angry Cop
- 2021: Soul Custody as Greg Monaghan (also producer)
Television Roles
- 1990: Tour of Duty as Luther Fraction
- 1990: Cop Rock as Cop
- 1990-1991: Equal Justice as Jermaine Watkins/Mugger (2 episodes)
- 1991: Gabriels Fire as Admitting Clerk
- 1991: Matlock as Security Guard
- 1991: Jake and the Fatman as Director
- 1992: Martin as Younger Cop
- 1992-1994: Roc as Andre Thompson (8 episodes)
- 1993: In the Heat of the Night as Henry Cowen
- 1993: Thea as Ray Singer
- 1993-1994: The Sinbad Show as Eddie (3 episodes)
- 1993-1995: Murder, She Wrote as Ralph Danton/Det. Eddie Flowers (2 episodes)
- 1993-1997: NYPD Blue as Gerald/Frankie/Lewis Futrel (2 episodes)
- 1994: South Central as Bobby Deavers
- 1994: Renegade as J.J. Corvell
- 1995: Simon as John Doe
- 1996: Pacific Blue as Capt. Brooks
- 1996: Sports Theater With Shaquille O Neal as Bob Williams
- 1997: Touched by an Angel as Mr. Burns
- 1997: New York Undercover as Elvin Barnes
- 1997: The Jamie Foxx Show as Mazi
- 1997-2001: Moesha as R.C./Ray Stokes/Harold Moss (4 episodes)
- 1998: In the House as Eddie
- 1999: The Wonderful World of Disney as Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1999: Ryan Caufield Year One as Lt. Keith Vaughn
- 2000: Walker, Texas Ranger as James Jackson
- 2000: Lincs as Suntza
- 2000: The Parkers as Mr. Alexander
- 2002: One on One as Coach Guillory
- 2002: The Practice as Earl Johnson
- 2003: Third Watch as Joy's Father
- 2003: Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dempsey Powers
- 2005: House as Ken Hall
- 2006: Eve as Yusef
- 2006: CSI as Terrance Crowley
- 2006: Day Break (2006) as Lt. Romero
- 2007: Shark as Ray Tillman
- 2007: NUMB3RS as Max Devane
- 2008: Celebrities In The Basement as Self Interviewee Actor
- 2008: Cold Case as Tom Bernard (2008)
- 2009-2010: Army Wives as Terrence Price
- 2010: The Boondocks as 1st Prisoner
- 2011: The Mentalist as C.O. Earls
- 2011: Shes Still Not Our Sister as Rev. Beckley
- 2011-2012: Black Dynamite as Daddy Dynamite/Crenshaw the Slime (3 episodes)
- 2012: Awake as John Cooper
- 2012: For Richer Or Poorer as Mason
- 2012: Unsupervised as Coach Durham
- 2013: JD Lawrences Community Service as Bishop Nixon
- 2015: The Soul Man as Gooch
- 2015: Murder in the First as Ethan Rydel
- 2016: Mann And Wife as Bernard
- 2016-2022: Saints And Sinners as Rex Fisher
- 2017: My Step Kidz Sitcom 2 as Mr. Stan Miller
- 2017: Tales as Bob Davis
- 2017-2020: Chase Street as Earl (7 episodes)
- 2018: Brockmire as Charles Sr.
- 2018: Forgotten Son as William
- 2018: The Family Business as Uncle Lou
- 2018-2019: Hawaii Five-0 as Percy Grover Jr. (2 episodes)
- 2018-2019: Black Lightning (2018) as Rev. Jeremiah Holt (15 episodes)
- 2019: American Soul as Herschel
- 2020-2021: The Last OG as Big Mike (3 episodes)
- 2021: The Urbans as DJ Frankie Snow
Video Game Roles
- 2004: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Melvin 'Big Smoke' Harris/various
Music Videos
- 1996: 2Pac Feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman: California Love as Evil Tribal Chief (Uncredited Role)
Shorts
- 2002: Ticker as FBI Agent
- 2012: Womack as Gilly Smalls
- 2015: The Freight Rider as William (also producer)
- 2017: Schooling Life as Pres. Adams
- 2017: Chasing Titles Vol 1 as T. Parker (also producer)
Director
- 2017, 2020: Chase Street
